Mathematician, Physicist (f/m)

Veröffentlicht am
21. Juli 2017
(vor 390 Tagen)

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German Aerospace Center DLRNeustrelitzAuf der Karte anzeigen

Start your mission with DLR.

The German Aerospace Center DLR has a dual mandate as the national research center for aeronautics and space, and as the
space agency of the German federal government. Approximately 8,000 people work for DLR on a uniquely diverse range of
topics spanning the fields of aeronautics, space, energy, transport and security research. They collaborate on projects
extending from fundamental research to the development of the innovative applications and products of the future. If the
idea of joining a top-class team of researchers working in a supportive, inspirational environment appeals to you, then
why not launch your mission with us?

Our Institute of Communications and Navigation in Neustrelitz wishes to recruit a qualified

Mathematician, Physicist or similar

Research in the Field of Resilient Navigation of Ships with Distributed Sensor Fusion

Your mission:

At the institute of communication and navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at the location of Neustrelitz we develop new technologies for
performant navigation of ships. We want to extend our team of researchers, who tackle challenging topics in the field of maritime traffic assessment.
The primary goal of the team is the provision of an unambiguous description of the traffic situation using cooperative traffic assessment. In order
to achieve the above goal, the team uses data and information from the automatic identification system (AIS), from the navigational sensors of the
vessel and from the maritime radar. Insofar, the current research activities of the team is focused on answering the question of, which object
tracking procedure is able to reliable track maritime targets in extreme conditions (multiple targets, cluttering).

Your main tasks are:

research in the field of cooperative maritime traffic assessment

development of algorithms and methods to fuse distributed sensors

development of software in a c++ real time framework

planning and execution of measurement campaigns, simulation campaigns and experiments in general as well as validation of the results

documentation of all research in technical documents and journal paper publications as well as presentation at national and international conferences

ideally PhD in one of the following topics radar technologies, phyiscs or electrical engineering

expert in data and sensor fusion algorithms

very good knowledge in programming in python/matlab and C++

knowledge in project acquisition is desirable

expertise in radar sensor technologies

very good English skills (speaking and writing)

very good German skills (speaking and writing)

very good analytical skills

Your benefits:

Look forward to a fulfilling job with an employer who appreciates your commitment and supports your personal and professional development.
Our unique infrastructure offers you a working environment in which you have unparalled scope to develop your creative ideas and accomplish
your professional objectives. Reconciling family and working life as well as equal opportunities for women and men are an integral part of
our HR policy. We therefore strongly encourage applications from women. Disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given
preferential treatment.

If you have any questions concerning specific aspects of the job, please contact Frank Heymann by calling
+49 3981 480-217. Please find further information on this vacancy with the reference number 08260, and details regarding the application procedure, at
www.DLR.de/dlr/jobs/#22559.